Ive been looking for a little bomber car for a while that gets good gas mileage and would be fairly comfortable for long trips. I think I have found one.
Its a 1998 Honda Civic EX with the automatic transmission. It only has 40,000 miles on it and the carfax looks perfect, one owner and has all documented maintenance. The place that is selling it is asking $8000 for it, which I think is to much. However it is right in line with the blue book value for suggested retail price beleive it or not. I was thinking I would offer $6000 and perhaps meet him in the middle some where. Assuming the car is in as good of shape as it looks in the pictures.
The car is about 200 miles away from me though. I am wondering what exactly I should look for in this model year as far as problems or concerns, that might be obvious if I know what to look for. Every car maker has problems here and there but Honda's seem to last forever. So finding one with this little miles seems to be a gem.
Its a 1998 Honda Civic EX with the automatic transmission. It only has 40,000 miles on it and the carfax looks perfect, one owner and has all documented maintenance. The place that is selling it is asking $8000 for it, which I think is to much. However it is right in line with the blue book value for suggested retail price beleive it or not. I was thinking I would offer $6000 and perhaps meet him in the middle some where. Assuming the car is in as good of shape as it looks in the pictures.
The car is about 200 miles away from me though. I am wondering what exactly I should look for in this model year as far as problems or concerns, that might be obvious if I know what to look for. Every car maker has problems here and there but Honda's seem to last forever. So finding one with this little miles seems to be a gem.